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Mori, Gianluca,

Descartes: The Story of a Mind / Gianluca Mori. - 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. - New Research in the History of Western Philosophy ; 13 Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026 . - New Research in the History of Western Philosophy ; 13. Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2026. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Descartes: The Story of a Mind offers a rigorous, historically grounded reappraisal of René Descartes’s intellectual development. Rejecting fixed labels and anachronistic formulae, Mori portrays a thinker in motion—shaped by uncertainty, dialogue, and evolving contexts. Drawing on lesser-known texts, correspondences, and polemics, the book foregrounds the fragmentary, dialectical nature of Descartes’s philosophy. From early influences to the unity expressed in the tree of knowledge, the book reconstructs a dynamic Cartesian trajectory that bridges metaphysics, science, and ethics, revealing a mind perpetually negotiating its boundaries amid the shifting debates of the seventeenth century.


English

ISBN: 9789004741676

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004741676 DOI

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Philosophy.
Philosophy.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.S588

Dewey Class. No.: 100